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A childhood perspective on a rural household opens with an ominous cry and haunting tales of a rigid, feared former master, setting a dreamlike tone of inherited dread. Siblings grow up under servants’ superstitions and domestic pressures, their perceptions shaped by episodes that blur fear and fascination. As they mature, marriages, power shifts, expulsions, and returns reorder loyalties and ambitions within the family and estate. The narrative follows how early fears, decisions, and traditions echo into adult life, tracing decline, mortality, and the shifting fortunes of the household across generations.

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Title: Downstream

Author: Sigfrid Siwertz

Translator: E. Classen

Release date: November 13, 2019 [eBook #60685]
Most recently updated: October 17, 2024

Language: English

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